The West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner,
Mark Burns-Williamson, has shown his commitment to tackling
Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) and sexual abuse by pledging to
continue to do everything possible to crack down and tackle
such abhorrent crimes.

Throughout the Christmas and New Year period West
Yorkshire Police are focusing attention on safeguarding and
vulnerability issues within our communities.

To demonstrate his support the Police and Crime
Commissioner brought partners from across West Yorkshire
together to help spread the message about the devastating
impact of CSE and sexual abuse on lives of
vulnerable victims.

Mark Burns-Williamson, said:

"One of the best ways to deal with this crime is to work
in partnership with other agencies to make a real difference
together.

"No one can expect or should be expected to deal with
all these things on their own. With everyone working together
to highlight these issues and use their collective
strengths we can send out a loud and clear message to those
committing these awful crimes that it will not be tolerated
or accepted.

"The main purpose of us coming together in this way was
to remind victims of this crime that they can have the
confidence that when they approach an organisation like the
police they will be listened to and
supported appropriately."

The organisations represented from left to right are: West
Yorkshire Police, Calderdale Council, Kirklees Council, Kirklees
Council, The Police and Crime Commissioner, Yorkshire Ambulance
Service, NHS, West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service and West
Yorkshire Police